Cedar Grove's Maury Allen dies at 78

Maury Allen of Cedar Grove, who spent 27 years as a sportswriter for the New York Post, died on Sunday of lymphoma.

He was 78.

A die hard Brooklyn Dodgers fan, Allen was voter for the hall of fame and a popular columnist for the Post.

After graduating with a journalism degree from City College of New York, he served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955. He was hired as sports editor and a columnist for several newspapers before being hired as a baseball reporter for Sports Illustrated.

The New York Post hired Allen in 1962. He covered Yankees and Mets legends like Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Tom Seaver and Reggie Jackson.

Over the next 50 years, he wrote 40 books, including the bestsellers "Where Have you Gone, Joe DiMaggio?" and "Baseball's 100," as well as authoritative works on Casey Stengel, Jackie Robinson, Roger Maris, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. His final book, "Dixie Walker of the Dodgers," was published in May.

Allen left the Post in 1988 to write for the Journal News in Westchester, N.Y. doing a general features column, and continuing to write books and magazine articles.

He was a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame, CCNY Communications Hall of Fame, Westchester County Sports Hall of Fame, International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Israel), and the James Madison High School Hall of Fame, and a recipient of the Silurians Lifetime Achievement Award.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Janet; his daughter, Jennifer Blazkiewicz and her husband, Tom; his son, Ted and his wife, Sheryl; and grandchildren Amanda and Matthew Blazkiewicz and Benjamin and Nina Allen.

Cedar Grove's Maury Allen dies at 78

Maury Allen of Cedar Grove, who spent 27 years as a sportswriter for the New York Post, died on Sunday of lymphoma.

He was 78.

A die hard Brooklyn Dodgers fan, Allen was voter for the hall of fame and a popular columnist for the Post.

After graduating with a journalism degree from City College of New York, he served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955. He was hired as sports editor and a columnist for several newspapers before being hired as a baseball reporter for Sports Illustrated.

The New York Post hired Allen in 1962. He covered Yankees and Mets legends like Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Tom Seaver and Reggie Jackson.

Over the next 50 years, he wrote 40 books, including the bestsellers "Where Have you Gone, Joe DiMaggio?" and "Baseball's 100," as well as authoritative works on Casey Stengel, Jackie Robinson, Roger Maris, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. His final book, "Dixie Walker of the Dodgers," was published in May.

Allen left the Post in 1988 to write for the Journal News in Westchester, N.Y. doing a general features column, and continuing to write books and magazine articles.

He was a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame, CCNY Communications Hall of Fame, Westchester County Sports Hall of Fame, International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Israel), and the James Madison High School Hall of Fame, and a recipient of the Silurians Lifetime Achievement Award.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Janet; his daughter, Jennifer Blazkiewicz and her husband, Tom; his son, Ted and his wife, Sheryl; and grandchildren Amanda and Matthew Blazkiewicz and Benjamin and Nina Allen.